Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. How Open is Japan? 9
7. 2. Market Structure, Comparative Advantage, and Japanese Trade under the Strong Yen 51
8. 3. Changing Japanese Trade Patterns and the East Asian NICs 85
9. 4. Price Behavior in Japanese and U. S. Manufacturing 121
10. 5. Is the Japanese Distribution System Really Inefficient? 149
11. 6. The Japanese Distribution System and Access to the Japanese Market 175
12. 7. The Japanese Financial System and the Cost of Capital 191
13. 8. Japanese Finance in the 1980s: A Survey 225
14. 9. Industrial Policy in Japan: A Political Economy View 271
15. 10. U. S.-Japan Trade Negotiations: Paradigms Lost 305
16. Contributors 329
17. Author Index 331
18. Subject Index 335